The government accused the Islamic State of being behind the attack, which struck at the heart of the Taliban’s power structure after years of essentially unchallenged dominance.

The Taliban accuse Islamic State of killing Khalil Haqqani in a suicide bombing.

Khalil Haqqani, Afghanistan’s Minister of Refugees and Repatriates Affairs and a senior Taliban leader, was killed in a suicide bombing at his ministry office in Kabul. The attack, which took place as Haqqani was leaving his office,